Trump’s Weekend as a Galactic Villain: Moon Schemes and Rename-That-State Fever

Over the holiday weekend, Trump posted AI-generated memes on Truth Social claiming ownership of the Moon, unveiled Space Force uniforms that looked like the Galactic Empire, and floated renaming places like New Mexico to New America and Lake Ontario to Lake America, while the White House joined in with a Green Lantern meme; the barrage was widely derided as cringe and embarrassing, fueling questions about the president’s grip on reality.